Zebra Longwing butterfly.
A Zebra Longwing Butterfly, Heliconius charitonius. The Zebra Longwing is common across the country. They have an exceptional lifespan. Several months is not uncommon as compared to a week or two for most butterflies. Zebras have a range from South America, Central America, Mexico, parts of the lower coastal Southeast and Florida. Not much of a strayer or migrator, Zebras have on rare occasion been spotted in the Midwest. The zebra longwing butterfly caterpillars eat the leaves of passion flowers. The passion flower contains a toxin that gives the zebra longwing an unpleasant taste and makes it poisonous to predators. The butterfly drinks the nectar of a wide range of flowers. When it is disturbed, the zebra longwing butterfly makes a creaking sound by wiggling its body. At night, large groups will roost together on tree limbs. They return to the same roost night after night.—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—--
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Rebecca Brann
Fabulous!
MikeMcA2
Beautiful exposure and detail Eyal. Your macros are very well done.
Antanas
Great!!!!
jesika
So beautiful. Thank you for showing it and the information will be interesting to another friend in who grows passion flowers, perhaps she might also attract these butterflies.
jx
Eyal Nahmias
Thank you Boo7 :-)
Eyal Nahmias
Thank you Michael for the complement and positive comment :-)
Eyal Nahmias
Jesika, I’m glad that someone can benefit from this info, and attract more butterflies to their garden..
Eyal Nahmias
Antanas, Thank you. Much appreciated..
Lior Goldenberg
Splendid macro, sharp details! Great work, Eyal!
Allen Carr
very clear shot nice great work
Eyal Nahmias
Thanks Lior.. Hamon todot!!
AngelArtist
This is so BEAUTIFUL!!! =)
Eyal Nahmias
thank you Allen, much appreciated :-)
Eyal Nahmias
thank you Angel for the compliment. :-)
vonnie1989
This is gorgeous, you can almost feel the texture of his wings, the macro is so well done!
aphoto4you
very nice eyal….butterfly details are awsome….nice composition….cool work…and i will put that into my FAVORITE cause i like it…
Eyal Nahmias
Vonie, Thank you so very much :-)
Eyal Nahmias
Bianca, Great discussion and argument leading to the final conclusion… :-))
suerod
what can isay they have all said it great.
Eyal Nahmias
Rodney, it’s good enough for me.. thank you… :-))
velveteagle
Beautiful capture..
MEV Photographs
Beautiful shot, great details…good catch…you have such awesome butterflies collection!
Eyal Nahmias
Thanks velveteagle… Much appreciated
Eyal Nahmias
Mev, thank you. I’m glad you like my butterfly collection :-)
Zigga
Beautiful capture Eyal. The clarity & detail are amazing!!!
Eyal Nahmias
Samantha, Thank you so very much… :-)
Kym Breeze
stunning image….love your butterfly collection, the colours and perspective are amazing…cheers
Eyal Nahmias
kym, Thank you. and cheers to you too! :-)
George Lenz
very sharp and colorful… great close up…. wish I could find some butterflies this coo…this is a fav
Craig Hender
Awesome capture Eyal.
Rebecca Lee
I just love your butterfly images! Simply beautiful!
Marvin Collins
Beautiful shot Eyal, love it.
phil1950
Great shot of the beautiful butterfly, nice detail and clarity, well done
BuddyH
another fantastic shot!
Jeff Burns
STunning shot
Eyal Nahmias
gemlenz, Thanks for the fave and the feedback, much appreciated.
Craig, Thank you!!!
Rebecca, Thank you, and I admire your worrk too. :
)))Marvin, Thank you.
phil, Thanks for the comment and feedback. much appreciated…
BuddyH, Thanks… :
Jeff, Thank you !!!
Vonnie Murfin
I love this! How did you get so close?
Daniel J. McCa...
Beautiful. Tack sharp and nice natural colors. Well done!
jamiewinter
just aweome wow
AlienVisitor
Nice Macro,well done.
AV
Eyal Nahmias
vonnie, I used a 60mm Macro lens. on my D70 it translates to a 90mm macro. I was about 5-7 inches away.
Daniel, thank you so very much for the comment and complement.
Jamie, thank you. Much appreciated.
Alienvisitor, thank you very much I truly appreciate it
Gregory Ewanowich
Superb macro!!
gena44
Beautiful shot
Lois Bryan
My goodness!! What a gorgeous butterfly this is!!!!!!
Roddy Atkinson
Beautiful creature, great shot!
Isa Rodriguez
profoundly beautiful !.. so special.and thank yo so very much for those notes.. also fascinating !..
Maria Moro